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Pediatrics

Racial disparities found to exist in emergency department treatment of children with unintentional ingestions

Unintentional injuries like falls, drownings and poisonings are the leading cause of death in patients ages 1–4, and a significant portion of these deaths are linked to unintentional ingestion—such as swallowing a drug ...

Immunology

Researchers discover new bacterium that causes gut immunodeficiency

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a new bacterium that weakens the immune system in the gut, potentially contributing to certain inflammatory and infectious gut diseases.

Neuroscience

Study reveals link between microbiome and aggression in mice

A new study led by Prof. Omry Koren and graduate student Atara Uzan-Yuzari from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine at Bar-Ilan University has unveiled significant evidence connecting the gut microbiome to aggressive behavior ...

Oncology & Cancer

How AI can help researchers make esophageal cancer less deadly

Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach. It's usually a one-way route, but sometimes acid escapes the stomach and travels back up. That can damage the cells lining ...

Health

Video: What is the microbiome?

Valhalla Fellow Lindsey Backman explains what the microbiome is and the roles that different members of our microbiomes play in health and disease.

Inflammatory disorders

FDA approves Tremfya for ulcerative colitis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's Tremfya (guselkumab) for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

Health

GI procedures can produce dangerous levels of smoke

Health care professionals attending certain smoke-producing endoscopic gastrointestinal procedures, including a procedure that uses electrical current to remove polyps, could be exposed to dangerous toxin levels equivalent ...

Oncology & Cancer

Unraveling the link between the microbiome and esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer (EC) is an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis, with its development and progression potentially influenced by changes in the esophageal microbiome. Recent studies have revealed that specific microbiome ...

Neuroscience

Study shows damaging impact of heat waves on vital organs

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have found evidence of the molecular causes of the damaging impact heat stress causes on the gut, liver and brain in the elderly. These findings point to the potential ...

Oncology & Cancer

Early onset bowel cancer cases increasing in New Zealand

There's a fresh call for a lowering of the bowel cancer screening age in Aotearoa New Zealand, in the wake of new University of Otago, Christchurch research showing an alarming rise in colorectal cancer rates in younger New ...

Surgery

Road of recovery in gastrointestinal surgery: From ERAS to FRAS

In the 1990s, Dr. Henrik Kehlet introduced the concept of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), pioneering multimodal surgical care. Initially applied to patients undergoing colonic surgery, ERAS has also been dedicated ...

Gastroenterology

MRE-liver stiffness measure better for varices in NAFLD cirrhosis

For patients with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compensated cirrhosis (CC), liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is significantly higher than acoustic radiation ...

Health

Video: What are gallstones?

Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid, called bile, in your gallbladder. They range in size from as small as a grain of sand to as large as a golf ball.

Gastroenterology

A common type of fiber may trigger bowel inflammation

Inulin, a type of fiber found in certain plant-based foods and fiber supplements, causes inflammation in the gut and exacerbates inflammatory bowel disease in a preclinical model, according to a new study by Weill Cornell ...